Passages 2013

Russian weapon designer Mikhail Kalashnikov holds his legendary assault rifle at a weapons museum on July 26, 2002, in Suhl, Germany. Kalashnikov, 94, whose work as a weapons designer for the Soviet Union is immortalized in the name of the world's most popular firearm, died Dec. 23. Jens Meyer, AP

Muriel Siebert stands on the trading floor of her discount brokerage and underwriting firm on May 9, 1995, in New York. Siebert, 80, who started as a trainee on Wall Street and became the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, died of complications of cancer on Aug. 24. Wyatt Counts, AP

Patti Page poses for a photograph in 1940. Page, 85, got her start on a radio program sponsored by the Page Milk Company and was later signed by Mercury Records. She died on Jan. 1 in Encinitas, Calif. Hulton Archive via Getty Images

Paul Walker portrays agent Brian O'Conner in a scene from the motion picture "Fast & Furious" on April 25, 2008. The actor died in a car crash with a friend Nov. 30. He was 40. Jaimie Trueblood, Universal Pictures

Concert pianist Van Cliburn is photographed on July 7, 1994, in New York City. Cliburn, 78, an American pianist who rocketed to fame in 1958 when he won the first quadrennial International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow during the Cold War, died on Feb. 27. Eileen Blass, USA TODAY

Ray Harryhausen poses for photographers next to his Medusa creation on June 29, 2010, at the London Film Museum in London. Harryhausen, the king of stop-motion animation and special effects,died on May 7 in London. He was 92. Carl Court, AFP/Getty Images

Country singer Ray Price is photographed in 1983. Price, one of country music's most popular and influential singers and bandleaders who had more than 100 hits, died on Dec. 16. He was 87. Viva Records via AP

Jazz flutist Yusef Lateef discusses his music on Sept. 2, 2007, in the Jazz Talk Tent at Hart Plaza at the Detroit International Jazz Festival in Detroit. Lateef, a Grammy-winning musician and composer, died on Dec. 23. He was 93. Ricardo Thomas, The Detroit News, via AP

Film critic Roger Ebert receives a special award of recognition at the American Society of Cinematographers 17th Annual Outstanding Achievement Awards at the Century Plaza Hotel on Feb. 16, 2003, in Los Angeles. Ebert, 70, died April 4 after battling cancer. Kevin Winter, Getty Images

Author and screenwriter Richard Matheson poses for a photograph on May 12, 2000, in France. Matheson, 87, author of numerous books and television shows that blended elements of science fiction, fantasy and horror, died on June 23. Xavier Rossi, Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson holds a picture of shooting victim Claire Davis on Dec. 14 at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo. Davis, 17, was shot in the head on Dec. 13 by a classmate and died at a Colorado hospital on Dec. 21. Ed Andrieski, AP

A May 1950 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer publicity photograph shows actress Esther Williams on location for the film "Pagan Love Song." Williams, 91, died in her sleep on June 6 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer via AP

Astronaut Scott Carpenter has his space suit adjusted Aug. 1, 1962, at Cape Canaveral. Carpenter, 88, the second American to orbit the Earth and one of the last surviving original Mercury 7 astronauts, died Oct. 10. AP

Stan Musial visits his former teammates at the St. Louis Cardinals spring training baseball camp March 23, 1964, in Florida. Musial, one of baseball's greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the Cardinals for more than two decades, died Jan. 19. He was 92. AP

World Jewish Congress President Edgar M. Bronfman applauds a speaker while attending the Plenary Assembly of the World Jewish Congress on Jan. 10, 2005, in Brussels, Belgium. Bronfman, a billionaire and longtime World Jewish Congress president, died Dec. 21 in New York. He was 84. Thierry Charlier, AP

Ronnie Biggs, one of the masterminds of the 1963 Great Train Robbery in England, holds up a poster of himself during promotions for his book on Jan. 21, 1994, in Rio de Janeiro. Biggs, whose escape from jail and decades spent on the run made him one of Britain's most notorious criminals, died on Dec. 18. He was 84. AFP/Getty Images

George Rodrigue stands in front of a painting entitled "We Will Rise Again," at his gallery in Lafayette, La.Rodrigue, 69, an artist who chronicled Cajun life with his enigmatic "Blue Dog" images, died in Houston on Dec. 14 after a long battle with cancer. Claudia B. Laws, AP

Peter O'Toole in the 1962 film 'Lawrence of Arabia.'O'Toole, 81, the charismatic actor who achieved instant stardom in the movie "Lawrence of Arabia" and was nominated eight times for an Academy Award, died on Dec. 14 following a long illness. Columbia TriStar via Getty Images

Tom Laughlin talks with residents at Eastern Depot Restaurant on Oct. 22, 1991, in Berlln, N.H. Laughlin, whose production and marketing of "Billy Jack" movies set a standard for breaking the rules on and off screen, died on Dec. 12 at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Laughlin was 82. Jon-Pierre Lasseigne, AP

Surgeon General C. Everett Koop speaks Sept. 14, 1988, in Philadelphia. Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by calling attention to an emerging disease known as AIDS and by crusading against smoking, died Feb. 25 in Hanover, N.H. He was 96. Robert J. Gurecki, AP

Author Tom Clancy tours the U.S. Navy cruiser USS Yorktown on June 1, 1988, off the coast of Norfolk, Va. Clancy, the bestselling author of more than 25 fiction and non-fiction
books, died Oct. 1 in Baltimore. He was
66.
Joe McNally, Getty Images

Audrey Totter speaks during a May 11, 2004, interview at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital in the Woodland Hills neighborhood in Los Angeles. Totter, a radio actress who became a screen star in 1940s films, died Dec. 12. She was 95. Ric Francis, AP

National Football League defensive end David "Deacon" Jones poses for a photograph in 1962. Jones, a Hall of Fame American defensive end who played for the Los Angeles Rams, San Diego Chargers and Washington Redskins termed the word "sack" for how he knocked down quarterbacks. Jones, 74, died June 3. AP

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez waves to supporters during a government march commemorating the anniversary of Venezuela's democracy Jan. 23, 2002, in Caracas. Chavez, 58, died March 5. Fernando Llano, AP

North Vietnamese Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap poses for a photograph in 1972 in Hanoi. Giap, whose guerrilla tactics defeated both the French and American armies, died Oct. 4. He was 102. Vietnam News Agency via AFP/Getty Images

Former New York mayor Ed Koch listens during the 9th annual National Action Network convention April 18, 2007, in New York. Koch, the combative politician who rescued the city from near-financial ruin during three City Hall terms, died Feb. 1. He was 88. Frank Franklin II, AP

Author Elmore Leonard speaks to the media at his home Sept. 17, 2012, in Bloomfield Township, Mich. Leonard, the crime novelist whose acclaimed best-sellers were made into movies, died Aug. 20 from complications from a stroke. He was 87. Paul Sancya, AP

British broadcaster David Frost arrives at the world premiere of "Frost/Nixon" on Oct. 15, 2008, at the London Film Festival. Frost, a veteran broadcaster who won fame around the world for his
interview with former president Richard Nixon, died Aug. 31. He
was 74.
Joel Ryan, AP

CBS announcer Pat Summerall attends a ceremony honoring golfer Jack Nicklaus on April 7, 1998, at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. Summerall, 82, the NFL player-turned-broadcaster whose deep, resonant voice
called games for more than 40 years, died April 16. Porter Binks, USA TODAY

Ray Manzarek performs at the 4th Annual Sunset Strip Music Festival on Aug. 18, 2011, in West Hollywood, Calif. Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors, died May 20. He was 74. Chris Pizzello, AP

Diane Disney Miller poses for photographers as she arrives for a grand opening concert gala at the new Walt Disney Concert Hall on Oct. 23, 2003, in Los Angeles. Disney Miller, 79, the daughter of Walt Disney and one of his inspirations for building the Disneyland theme park, died at her home Nov. 19 in Napa, Calif. Chris Pizzello, AP

Journalist Helen Thomas poses for a photograph Aug. 17, 2008. Thomas, the White House correspondent who used her seat in the front row of history to grill nine presidents, died July 20. She was 92. Will Hart, HBO

Actress Jean Stapleton smiles during a news conference Nov. 1, 2000, at Syracuse Stage in Syracuse, N.Y. Stapleton, who played Edith Bunker in the groundbreaking 1970 television comedy "All in the Family," died May 31. She was 90. Peter R. Barber, AP

Psychologist Joyce Brothers is photographed in 1987. Brothers, the psychologist who pioneered the television advice show in the 1950s and enjoyed a long and prolific career as a syndicated columnist and author, died May 13. AP

Writer Doris Lessing sits in her home April 17, 2006, in north London. Doris Lessing, author of dozens of novels that reflected her improbable journey across the former British empire, died Nov. 17. She was 94. Martin Cleaver, AP

Houston Oilers coach Bum Phillips leaves the field after the team was defeated by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC championship NFL football game Jan. 6, 1980, in Pittsburgh. Phillips, the folksy Texas football icon who coached the Oilers and New Orleans Saints, died Oct. 18. He was 90. AP

Outgoing House Speaker Thomas Foley, D-Wash., speaks during his last news conference Nov. 29, 1994, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Foley, who was also U.S. ambassador to Japan, died Oct. 18 of complications from a stroke. He was 84. John Duricka, AP

Former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi is photographed Sept. 2, 1999, in Tokyo. Yamauchi, who turned Nintendo from a family-owned game card producer into a byword for video games, died Sept. 19 from pneumonia. He was 85. Toru Yamanaka, AFP/Getty Images

Julie Harris celebrates her special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement on June 2, 2002, at the 56th annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Harris, 87, who won an unprecedented five Tony Awards for best actress, died Aug. 24 at her home in West Chatham, Mass. Suzanne Plunkett, AP

Lisa Robin Kelly of the Fox series "That '70s Show" arrives at the Fox 2000 summer tour party July 21, 2000, at Yamashiro Restaurant in Hollywood. Kelly died in her sleep Aug. 14. Kevin Winter, Getty Images